Vakyastha, Vākyastha, Vakya-stha: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVākyastha (वाक्यस्थ).—a. Obsequious; attentive.
Vākyastha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vākya and stha (स्थ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVākyastha (वाक्यस्थ).—mfn.
(-sthaḥ-sthā-sthaṃ) Contained in a sentence. 2. Obedient, attentive. E. vākya and stha what stays; also vākyasthita &c.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vākyastha (वाक्यस्थ):—[=vākya-stha] [from vākya > vāc] mfn. (ifc.) attentive to words, obsequious, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] = next, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVākyastha (वाक्यस्थ):—[vākya-stha] (sthaḥ-sthā-sthaṃ) a. Contained in the sentence; obedient.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.41 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Vakyapadiya (study of the concept of Sentence) (by Sarath P. Nath)
2. Definition of Sentence (vākya) < [Chapter 3 - The Concept of Sentence and Sentence-Meaning]